In my opinion there is no more d..k move than drowning at the end of a lost battle, just to deny the winners the xp from dmg.

Why not use the same mechanic there is for leaving battle prematurely for drowning?

There are of course some accidental drownings, but statistically they are negligible.

If somebody pulls a d..k move like this he should be punished IMHO.

Aim of battles is winning. Second options is making it hard for the enemy. THis means if I have no chance of damaging you because I already shot (usually in arties) I will take my hitpoints with me and not give my enemy a freebie.

If I had any other tank with damaged gun/killed gunner/no chance to reload in time to shoot you first, I'd try drowningmyself too. And maybe one of your teammates would be so xp-hungry that he suicides into the depths as well.

Because if they did it the way you wanted, by instant action for one drowning. There would be 10x more topics about it from people that drowned due to soap rocks, or because they got pushed by an enemy and he did not get the credit for it. And they had to "pay" for it by whatever penalty they give. Vs the few topics we see about it now.

That and for each arty that drowns. I'm willing to bet there are 2 more tomatoes that drown on Glacier going wide on the HT lane. As there is one every game on the south team.

But there is a system for it. It only goes for repeat offenders tho. As WG had to do something when the SPG drown wave started with the new physics. But for the same reason you don't turn blue on one or two team damage shot, you won't get a warning on the first drowning or two either. And like with team damage. If you don't do it for a bit, the "marks" goes away.

If you don't think there is a system for it. Go drown a few battles in a row and tell us what happens.

Tho the simple fix would be to reward the HP he had left to the other teams XP pool if you will. Just like you get for getting a drown kill, but no damage done.

Aim of battles is winning. Second options is making it hard for the enemy. THis means if I have no chance of damaging you because I already shot (usually in arties) I will take my hitpoints with me and not give my enemy a freebie.

If I had any other tank with damaged gun/killed gunner/no chance to reload in time to shoot you first, I'd try drowningmyself too. And maybe one of your teammates would be so xp-hungry that he suicides into the depths as well.

Drowning as it is should be removed. If you drown (your timer goes to zero), you should get immobilized but still be alive with your health pool intact. So then you cant leave the game or else it would be desertion, the enemy team can still shoot you in the water when they find you and get the damage they deserve.

Just immobilize drowned vehicles and leave their health pools as they were, so these [edited]cant leave the match until its over.